Proportion of deaths co-involving methamphetamine and heroin or fentanyl peaked at 61.2 percent in 2021
FDA advisers voted unanimously in favor of making the drug easier to access
Naloxone nasal spray can already be obtained without a prescription, but currently, buyers must get it from a pharmacist
Proportion of overdose deaths did not increase in association with actions taken to ease access to buprenorphine
About 90 and 83.9 percent of overdose deaths involved opioids and illicitly manufactured fentanyls
More adverse dental outcomes seen with sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone compared with use of transdermal buprenorphine or oral naltrexone
Tapering cuts risk for overdose among those with opioid use disorder
Overdose mortality increased about 81 percent from 2017 to 2020 among pregnant and postpartum women
For men aged 65 to 74 and 75 years or older, drug overdose death rates were higher for non-Hispanic Black men
Findings even stronger for young people with a recent opioid prescription